Lamp-carrier.



T. BRTH.

LAMP CARRIER.

APPLlcMxoN min ocr. 1, 1914.

-isl highly eiective. in action.

wmf .sesiones To ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CGMPANY, @E CITY, IEW JERSEY, i CQBICPQ-l/-,

THEN 0F NEW JERSEY.

Application filed @atelier l, 13M.

T0 all whom may concern Be it known that l, THEoD'oiz Biiiiiiii, a citizen of the United: States, residing at Jer- 'soy City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new sindl useful improvements in LiinipCer riers, oi which the following is ii specificetion.

This invention reiates to lamp-carriers.

A lamp-carrier involving my invention can be use with advantage in many. diien ent connections-although it is of peculiar utility 'when enipioyed in conjunction with e, so-ceiied dry-cell buttery, in that by it such latter srtic'ie een be converted"x into slamp. A lamp-carrier inode in accordance with my invention is simple in construction. susceptibleof inexpensive manufacture eno l have indicated one of its seveizii uses, anni when so mployecl 'it may be associated with the liettery prefer that when so utiiizeoi ivioe in the ne ture of an attachment; anni is to seg/,it is* ce able of detachable connection therewith.'

n the drawings accompanying enel fori ing port or" the present specification Il. iieve shown in detail one o the seifeiei eonven-ien forms of embodiment of the iiiivention,y

which to enable those skillei. in lie ort 'to 'practise the saine Wil be set forth iiiiily in the following description. do not restrict myself to this disciofsiire; il muy eiepert therefrom in several respects' Within the scope of the invention definen by the claims following said fiescription.

Referring to s'ziiol (i 'iiwiiigm Figure is e detail view in side elevation oi n lamp-eerrier involving my invention and showing the same Connected with e dry-cell batteru e Fivs. 2 and 3 :ire inside and outside fece Views of the iovl'er portion of one of the branches o' the body of the lamp-carrier. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view oic the interinecliate portion of the lump-carrier :ind illustrates by full and dotted lines, the two positions of tlie button. Fig. 5 is :i similar Section of the lower poi-tion4 of one oi' the branches of tlic liody. showingr the iiiiitoii in the position it is illiis-i'iiteil :is occupying Fig. o is ai detail liiiiiliiigil posts (liil'ei'eiitly positioned iiom that slioii'ii iii Fig. l iiiiil the liiiiip-c'sii'i'iei' connected with said piiits.

in any desirable vii'iennei, although i' e-teneen @To i Serial .'i'i'io. See, s 5o.

.s is will Like characters refer to throughout iiie severei views which be noted ire on different seeies.

ln Fig. l l ilove sli-own e dry-ee 2 of feniiiiar construction, the v siiiiiei'iie baitteity or siniilei 4 eel energy. The oinciing o t v Y ioe `inferred. present siiiteiiie Ineens for ne {ietfioheoie connection oi the liiniesirieiwith the battery. Sei iiiinp-eeri'ier in its ineke-up i denoted in e general wey 8 emi l prete". to einpioy in conneeion'tliereivitii e suiteiif; hendie which es shown oonsists oi" e haii', 9 pivoteily conneeteci' es Wiil. hereinafter more pertioiiieiiy appear with the bosiy nor-K @ion 2. consists of two branches oi oiee 1'ete i@ ene-5; if. respeetiveiy of some snitzi eieeoiie conducting insterisii suoli liveess tnese Ybranches being'eonneoed togetiiei' 'upper ends in seine convenient, ii rivet i2 which al connecting ti'ie 9 Wiiiii pivot extening 'throiwii se" also through (iowntiiinesi loop-like .ineii insiiieting 'si 13 being interposed between the iigs :infn sziiii branches i@ sind il from which it ivi?. ne tippe-.rene 'that bsii er hone-lie is in siiieteoi the 8 :incl that saisi branches .are insulated from ezicli other. @ne of the branches' as the branch 10 siistiiins zi lamp while the other supports si switch cooperative with but normally insu lated from theA lamp nini which switch may, consist of a contact-spring, :ill as will hereinafter more piirtieililziriy appear. The branches l0 and l1 have oiitivnidly-exteiiing zingiilfirieet liiind i5 rcspectiveiy, the foot i4 having' :i hole orp'erforiitioii l@ to receive the binding-screw 3, while the jfoot 15 liiis :i slot 17 to zidjiistfibiy receive the i inclin0sci'ew 4 of the buttery :2. (Fig. i). To connect the carrier with said battery the niits of the binding posts 3 and l are Arebody portion suolo es As iepresenteci soici boi'y gestion shown in Fig. 6.

moved, after which said binding posts are passed respectively through the perforation 16 and slot 17 when the nuts are reapplied and set to clamp the lamp carrier substantially in place. The branch 10 has adjacent to the foot 14 and in its upright portion the slot 18 to receive thebinding-post 6 of the battery While the slot 17 receives the binding' post 7 ofsaid battery 5 when the lamp carrier is to be connected therewith as The lamp 19 is provided with the customary contact-shell 20 and central end con- A tact 21, said shell as usual being externally threaded and being adapted to be threaded into the rearwardly-extending boss 21 'of the rellector 22 which as shown is of parabolic form. The branch 10 sustains the reflector 2O and as illustrated is provided between ,its ends, with the internally-threaded boss 23, to be engaged by the externall threads of the boss 21 of the reflector, the internal threads of which receive those of the contact-shell 20. The branch 10 is so shaped that when the boss 2lv of the reflector is fully seated in the boss 23 of the branch 10 and when the shell 20 isall the way in, the central end contact 21 of the lamp 19- will be separated or spaced comparatively a short distancey from the branch 11. such as I have briefly referred to may be located.v The contact-spring' 24 answers satisfactorily in this connection, said contact-spring 24 being fastened. by riveting or otherwise at its butt below the elongated slot '25 'in the branch 11, this springcontact by its resiliency being normally sprung away from the central end Contact 21 to thus present a breakin the circuit including the' lamp 19, it being understood that therev is an electrical connection between the shell- 19 will be lighted.

To operate the spring contact 24 the Abutton 26 may be utilized, said button having a fiat bearing and sliding engagement against lthe outer surface of the branch 11, the shank 27 of the button being vmovable longitudinally of the slot 25. The shank 27 has at its inner end the semi-'spherical what r claim is: In this space a switclf" slidable head 28 coperati've with the spring contact 24e as will hereinafter appear to prevent accidental removal of the button 26. The lower part of the slot'25 as shown is circular as at 29, the diameter of the circle slightly exceeding the diameter of the head 28, so that in assembling the parts .the'head 28 can be passed through the circularhole 29 and the shank 27- afterward entered in the straight or main part of the slot 25. The spring contact 24 is provided near its base with the bent portion 30 which receives the u head 28 when the shank 27 has practically reached the lower end of the slot25 to thus hold the button against accidental displacement. When the -button 26 is in the4 full' line position in Fig. 4C it permits the springcontact 27 to move by its resiliency awayf vfrointhe central end contact of the lamp 19. By lowering the button 26 to the dotted.- line position in Fig. .or as shown in. "Fig- 5, the head 28 willi'ide along the cani-portieriV 31 of the spring'contact 24 to thusforcethe!A free portion of said Contact againstigtheend contact 21 to light the lamp provldedfthe carrier be connected in the manner I described with the battery 2 or with. the battery 5.

A. lamp carrier comprising a boaycortion having 'a lamp carrying branch and a con,-1 tact carryingvv branch, insulated frein each other andhavingfmeans for the detachable connection with the terminals oi' a battery, a spring contact on the contact, carrying branch, the latter' having a longitudinal slot, one end of which vis circular, a button branch, said button having a shank 'provided with a head, the diameter of the head being' less than that of said circular yportion of said slot, said shank being slid' able in the slot, the ,button being contiguous -to one side of said contact carrying branch* andthe head being contiguous tothe otherside thereof, the button being adapted to engage said spring contact on one movement of the button to move saidvcontactv into ein,

against said contact carrying cuit closing position, and said-spring conf-1. i

tact having a portion to receive saidhead before said shank enters said circular por-y tion to thereby prevent accidental displacei ment of the button.

In testimony whereof 'I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'rnnonon BnaA'rH.l

Witnesses: 'l

GEO. H. CQOPER, I. S. PETERSON. 

